Drunk man arrested after stealing police car in HokkaidoFriday 14th August, 08:15 AM JST
Japan Today
SAPPORO —A 30-year-old man was arrested for theft on Thursday morning, accused of stealing a police car while the officers were conducting random alcohol breath tests.
Yasuki Mori, an unemployed resident of Sapporo, is accused of getting in the police wagon and driving off just after 4.30 a.m. The vehicle was unlocked and the engine left running to power the electric sign and other lighting set up to caution drivers to slow down for a possible breath test.
Officers in another car caught up Mori with about five minutes later, one kilometer away from the scene. He was arrested for theft and police are pursuing a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Mori told police he had been drinking at a bar and that he didn’t want to walk all the way home, about 7 kilometers away.
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